Literally just this. It’s just monumentally stupid. I told her not to and just throw stuff away. For the longest time she always wondered why things would clog at her old house and her apartment. Part of why it smells all the time.
I just told my wife I wouldn’t be able to keep my cool trying to communicate “wtf is wrong with you” to her mom, so she supposedly handled it. Let’s see if this happens again.
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Garburators give me such heebie jeebies. I can’t understand why people still install them 😅
But 100% if someone asks you /not/ to do something in /their/ house. Doesn’t matter if you don’t agree, don’t do it. 😑
This one time my MIL put a whole watermelon rind down the garbage disposal so I totally get this 😭 what is the thought process? Who knows
I once worked at a small rehab hospital and had to tell the kitchen staff that just because it’s called a “garbage disposal” it doesn’t mean you can dispose of garbage down it! They were putting literal garbage in it, then switching it on! Then they’d be thoroughly mystified when the kitchen sink would back up.
Not to make fun of your frustration, because I get where you’re coming from… but…the woman “played in gasoline” stands out in storms, doesn’t have smoke detectors, can’t figure out a freaking doorbell and is “fine.”
It sounds like someone should give her a gold star every time she’s actually showing some sense? Or create a bingo card of random stupid stuff she might do?
I actually had to check which thread I was in, your MIL sounds like a toddler.
I would be petty and start putting up signs everywhere lmao “Do NOT throw trash into the disposal. – Management”
What can you put in them? I would genuinely have thought this would be OK? (UK resident, never even seen one let alone used one)
I just always recall Bill Bryson writing about them as being able to “transform your hand into a useful dibbing implement” and assumed these were pretty serious bits of kit that could deal with pretty much anything.
Shew grew up in a generation where the garbage disposers ate All The Things. Seriously, I remember my mom shoving anything and everything down the darned thing. It’d occasionally jam, but a quick kick with a broom stick would fix that. I don’t remember a lot of clogs.
Not sure if new disposers are somehow hamstrung — probably for safety — or what, but this mindset was common in my childhood.
Now? We removed the garbage disposer in our kitchen in the last remodel. It was sorta convenient for the little bits of food that were scooped into the compost or garbage easily, but that was it. Not worth the leak hazard or noise.
But, yeah, if you said “don’t do it” and she did it anyway? That ain’t right.
Uh…
There was a time when I’d struggle to believe someone could be this dumb, but alas, recent family events have better informed me. Thank goodness I don’t use Tide Pods, because if I did, I’d hide them during visits.
Solidarity and I’m sure you’ve hidden all the matches, candles, fireworks, and road flares.
Firstly, have your MIL taken to the doctor to be thoroughly checked out. Secondly, keep her away from machinery or expensive tech. Thirdly, take a deep breath and “wuu-saa” away the utter stupidity of your MIL.